Bronco EV reportedly on hold until early next decade (⚠️ ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS)

[Tricky Mike]

You keep those reasonable opinions to yourself, buddy!

I'm not your buddy, guy!

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[HotdogThud]

I'm not your buddy, guy!

I ain't your guy, friend!

 

[MadMan4BamaNATL]

Did it mention bronco hybrid? That seems more feasible.

I’ve said this several times. I’m not for an EV deep out in the woods or desert, but I would go for a hybrid easy if it would give another 8mpg or something.

Love the extra torque a hybrid could bring, so for the life of me can’t understand why Ford went all EV?

Even VW with the upcoming Scout as EV only, it’s only going to be another Defender as a pavement princess and not serious off-road. Unless….. unless VW has found 500 miles of range and it’s a body on frame, which I‘m not sure we‘ll know for a while.

I don’t want to kill EVs, as they have a place, just not for my off-road focused cars.

 

[MadMan4BamaNATL]

I ain't your guy, friend!

Ok, what the hell just happened here?

You fellers better be joking, compadres….

 

[Tricky Mike]

I ain't your guy, friend!

I ain't your friend, pal!

 

[HotdogThud]

I ain't your friend, pal!

I dunno about that, we left you that friendly note in Moab last year ;-)

 

[CarmeloS]

I’ve said this several times. I’m not for an EV deep out in the woods or desert, but I would go for a hybrid easy if it would give another 8mpg or something.

Love the extra torque a hybrid could bring, so for the life of me can’t understand why Ford went all EV?

Even VW with the upcoming Scout as EV only, it’s only going to be another Defender as a pavement princess and not serious off-road. Unless….. unless VW has found 500 miles of range and it’s a body on frame, which I‘m not sure we‘ll know for a while.

I don’t want to kill EVs, as they have a place, just not for my off-road focused cars.

We would still have Diesels if it weren't for the Govt, https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2024/01/27/jarring-juxtaposition/

"As this column has observed in the past, the TDI diesel-powered vehicles VW was selling lots of at the time were an existential threat to the EV push that was beginning around the same time (this was circa 2015-ish). VW wasn’t just selling diesels. VW was selling affordable diesels. You could pick up a new TDI-powered Jetta back then for less than $22k. VW’s plan was to make its clean diesel engines the basis of a return to the company’s roots as the maker of people’s cars. That is to say cars most people could afford. Cars that were inexpensive to buy and to drive and to keep.

Kind of like the Beetle and its spin-offs the company built its empire on.

And that was an existential threat to the plan to push devices on the people – so VW’s clean diesels had to go, by framing them as being not “clean.” In fact, all they were was noncompliant – a very different thing. But never mind. They are gone now, so the transition can proceed.

It is more like a reversal."

 

[ScottyC]

Hybrid (lower price point) and Plug in Hybrid for the win

 

[Area51BS]

EV as it now is not the future automobile. We don’t even know what it will be yet. Easy has already been done. The ICE.

 

[HBTFD]

Why build a product that cannot be sold for a profit? Smart decision by FoMoCo.

 

[CMillBronco]

I'm not sure how they can go EV and not hybrid on something like the Scout or the Bronco. Range on our Tesla Y is 285 miles, then you're supposed to only use 80% of that daily for battery health per Tesla so 257 miles and that's if you stay out of the go pedal. That doesn't give much range for offroad trips where there are no chargers.

 

[jzweedyk]

Doesn't hurt my feelings. Did not plan to buy one. I keep my modified off road vehicles for 10+ years. An EV would be worthless at that point. Who is going to pay you money for something that needs a 10-25K battery change? Not only that, but I don't need my off road vehicle to burst into flames. Evs have a place, but it is a narrow market, as people who jumped in to one have found out. My buddy had a Cadi EV and he will never get one again.

 

[voxel]

I really like the Sequoia TRD Pro V6 hybrid drivetrain. Makes my V6 Bronco feel like a slug in comparison. I only owned the Sequoia for a short time (rattled worse than my first Bronco - that's Toyota QC for you these days) but a hybrid or a PHEV drivetrain makes sense for a vehicle like the Bronco that isn't really just a commuter city car.

Bronco could use some low-speed oomph when in the city so the PHEV drivetrain could help. Honestly was about to buy a Wrangler 4xe after borrowing my friend's for a week but could not tolerate the 2.0L turbo and the Wrangler handling. For a daily it worked well and the stock infotainment/audio/interior didn't feel like a cheap $25K Toyota like it did on the zero trim Bronco I had initially.

I owned a R1S for about 9 months and the thing was an overpowered inefficient beast. Scary powerful. Hated road tripping with it because it took 40-60 minutes for any lengthy charging sessions.

 

[voxel]

Hydrogen fuel cells is the way to go and more and more manufacturers are getting on that bandwagon as a good alternative to EV's.

Hydrogen fuel cells are dead for passenger cars. I sense you've done zero research on them. The whole extraction, compression/chilling, transport, refueling stations is so complicated and dangerous I'm not sure it will ever make sense for consumer use. Hydrogen for long-term energy storage or commercial trucking... maybe.

All this talk 3 years ago about Florida installing hydrogen stations... nada. Shell just closed a bunch of stations in CA and scrapped plans for 48 new one.

https://www.hydrogeninsight.com/tra...g-stations-for-cars-in-california/2-1-1596104

 

[SROC3]

Hybrid for the win.

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